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A long history of refrigeration excellence
Heatcraft has partnered
with WorldSkills for 23 years.
aligns firmly with our core business and values, being a heritage of excellence in refrigeration and skill development,” he said.
“We are proud to continue to support and cel- ebrate our industry’s future tradespeople through WorldSkills Australia.”
As the exclusive Gold Partner of the Refrigera- tion Category, Heatcraft will support young tradespeople as they test their skills and knowl- edge in local and regional competitions for the chance to win gold, silver and bronze medals and the opportunity to potentially compete at a na- tional and international level.
Heatcraft congratulates the current 2018 WorldSkills Australia Refrigeration and Air Conditioning National Champions Patrick Brennan, gold medalist (Tony Stephens, QLD) and Chris McNally, silver medalist (Freezetec, QLD).
Patrick will now compete for selection on the Skillaroos Team to compete at the 45th World- Skills International Competition in Kazan, Russia.
Visit www.worldskills.org.au.
ABOVE: NSW Premier, Gladys Berejklian, will go to the polls March 23.
BELOW LEFT: Head of policy at the council, Rob Murray-Leach
over a period of 10 years if the government re- mains in power.
Eligible applicants will need to be owner-oc- cupiers and have an annual combined household income of up to $180,000.
More than 400,000 households and small businesses in NSW are already benefiting from solar power.
At the same time the NSW Opposition an- nounced plans to slash the power bills of 500,000 families by providing assistance to install solar.
If elected the Opposition will offer up to $2200 for families to install solar in their homes, with means testing also set at $180,000 per household. ✺
HEATCRAFT HAS ONCE again announced its support for WorldSkills Australia (WSA) inking the major sponsorship deal for the 2019 round of the national refrigeration competition.
In a statement, Heatcraft said it is proud to sponsor the refrigeration category for both the 2019 round of regional competitions and 2020
WSA National Refrigeration Competition. In 2019 Heatcraft celebrates 23 years of part-
nership with WorldSkills Australia.
Heatcraft acting vice president and general
manager, Paul Campbell, said the company is proud to be the exclusive Gold Partner.
“This is a long established affiliation that
Energy efficiency sector Australia’s biggest employer
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS Australia’s biggest employer, according to a new report released jointly by the Energy Efficiency Council, Energy Savings Industry Association and Green Energy Markets.
The report said the energy efficiency sector employs 25 per cent more people than the coal mining industry.
About 500,000 electricians, architects and en- gineers spend some of their time working on en- ergy efficiency, which adds up to 59,000 full-time jobs in the sector, the report said.
Green Energy Markets director (advisory), Tristan Edis, said energy efficiency is an obvious job creator compared to other energy related sectors because Australia has millions of build- ings and pieces of energy consuming equipment.
“As Australia searches for solutions to drive a just transition away from polluting, expensive and unreliable energy sources, acceler-
ating energy efficiency improvements
is a smart and economical way to get
the job done,” Edis said.
The report also found that improv- ing the energy efficiency of Australian homes and businesses would slash $7.7 billion a year off energy bills and create the equivalent of 120,000 full time jobs.
The report entitled Energy Efficiency Employ- ment in Australia also found that better energy efficiency would cut household gas use by 640 million gigajoules over a decade; the equivalent of a huge gas field.
“Energy efficiency is a huge opportunity – we can cut households’ and businesses’ energy bills by $7.7 billion a year,” according to Rob Murray- Leach, EEC’s head of policy.
“Improving energy efficiency will also create thousands of jobs across the economy, making Australia cleaner, fairer and more affordable.”
Energy Savings Industry Association presi- dent, Rod Woolley, said energy efficiency schemes at the state level have been effective and need to be implemented nationwide.
In the lead-up to the March 23 election in NSW, both the government and opposition have made clean energy announcements to
show their support for solar and battery storage.
NSW Premier, Gladys Berejklian announced the 10 year Empowering Homes program to provide no-inter- est loans to purchase solar batteries and solar power storage systems.
The program will be offered to up to 300,000 eligible householders
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